Red Bull Outliers returned to Canada on September 5-7 as the country’s most prestigious hard enduro race, with their local U.S. Hard Enduro Champion, Trystan Hart, winning convincingly.
The race attracted 320 athletes from Canada and the United States. Earlier this year, Red Bull Outliers became a U.S. Hard Enduro Series Exhibition race.
Story by Matt Musgrove | Photos by Calafia Concepts
The format was adjusted slightly from years past, as both days were held at the Badlands venue. Every athlete raced a short-loop Prologue on Friday morning, determining Saturday’s starting positions. The eight classes were divided into three categories and courses: Pro, Expert and Amateur. The first main race of the weekend was on Friday afternoon, consisting of the Amateur and Pro Women classes racing on a similar five-mile course to the Prologue. The top three in the Amateur race were Blaze Crowe, finishing with an impressive five laps, Christian Shaw and Tanner Sessa. The top three finishers of the Pro Women’s class were Corey Ireton, Magalie Larouche and Oshi Hampson.
On Friday and Saturday afternoon, the AMA Motoclimb Super Series hosted Open Bike Exhibitions on the “Taddy” hill near the Red Bull Oasis.
On Sunday morning, the three Expert classes left in a similar mass start, but with a 2.5-hour time limit. The event team added harder sections for the 115 racers. Jordyn Gosteli won the Expert overall, with Phillip Kirk and Kendall Smith finishing in second and third, respectively.
The Pro main event started in the afternoon, with 30 athletes taking off all at once to compete on the toughest Red Bull Outliers course of the weekend. Hart was sick leading up to the race and additionally felt pressure, as it was his hometown race. Cody Webb was also present, racing a Yamaha YZ450FX for his first time in a hard enduro. Several other top 10 USHE athletes and Canadian motocross star Blake Davies were some of the other favorites.
Hart grabbed the holeshot and didn’t lose his lead for the rest of the race, averaging 21-minute laps.
Cody Webb settled into second place and also would remain there the entire race.
Both Red Bull athletes were having a great race, conquering nearly every hill and not crashing once.
The real battles were behind the front two. KRD Hui’s Ryder Guest was sitting in third place for the first couple of laps, with IRC Beta’s Branden Petrie right on his tail in fourth. A collision between the two resulted in mechanical issues for both, setting them back several places. A three-way battle for third place started to form involving Fantic USA’s Braxton Hintze, IRC Beta’s James Flynn and 2025 USHE A-class champion Niko Piazza, who was also making his Pro class debut. Flynn was suffering with a starter issue, so he was trying his best to keep up with a strong Hintze.
Red Bull Outliers opened a final section for the top racers, dubbed Xtinction, which towered above the Red Bull Oasis and had thousands of spectators lining the bottom. Hart was the first to enter Xtinction, which consisted of several ups and downs that were some of the steepest these guys have seen in competition. On the final hill, Hart spent a few minutes tick-tacking his way up and crossed the finish line in just over two hours with a huge roar from the crowd. Webb was about 12 minutes behind and also did great work on the hill with his YZ450FX, finishing in second.
Hintze and Flynn were battling for a couple laps, only 15 seconds apart from each other, and were given access to finish on the final hill. They were neck and neck until Flynn didn’t make the first hill successfully, allowing Hintze to pull away to the final hill a couple of minutes ahead. Hintze was nearing the top when a charging Flynn made short work of the hill, actually passing Hintze by inches at the top. But Hintze had the preferred line and went through the finish line only 10 seconds ahead of Flynn. This was also the first Pro podium for the 17-year-old Hintze and Fantic’s first podium in a Pro hard enduro event.
Next up on the 2025 U.S. Hard Enduro Series is Quinn Wentzel’s Hollow Point Hard Enduro points race, set for this weekend in Wellsville, Ohio.CN
2025 Red Bull Outliers Results
OVERALL (Top 3)
- Trystan Hart (KTM)
- Cody Webb (Yam)
- Braxton Hintze (Fan)
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